On , Dennis Brown (1:133/1004.3{at}fidonet) wrote: 

 > I heard something on one of those radio call-in programs dealing with
 > computing.  A caller asked the weenie for advice on learning programming
 > with their new 95 machine.  The guy told the caller that they should
 > start off in Cobol, since that is what colleges start new students in to
 > get them familiar with the programming concept.  The caller asked if she
 > wouldn't be better off getting a good C or Assembly tutorial from the
 > local library and start learning at that stage?  His answer was a
 > definite "Absolutely not!  If you do that--bypass Cobol--then you will
 > have an extremely difficult time in understanding the finer points of
 > Programming!"  He said that Cobol is the only "sensible
starting point."
 > True or not?  I haven't tried Cobol as a starting point...should I?

  NO!!!!! 


--- QM v1.00